eyebeam residence

[claudia westermann]

http://www.eyebeam.org/artists/index.html

Eyebeam is pleased to announce an open call for the Fall 2003 round 
of its Artist in Residence program. For applications and 
instructions, see below. Proposals are due at Eyebeam's Brooklyn 
office on September 15th at noon. Artists will be notified about the 
AIR Selection Committee's decision in late September for an early 
October start. The fall residency will conclude in late January.

Participants in Eyebeam's Artist in Residence (AIR) program develop 
multidisciplinary work that ranges from moving image, sound and 
physical computing works, to technical prototypes, performances, 
workshops, and public interventions. Depending on the artists 
proposal the residency may take advantage of Eyebeam's education, 
audio visual media, or R&D facilities, which include a 500 sq' foot 
work studio, education classroom and moving image post production 
facilities. For a list of eyebeam's equipment, see below.

During the 2003-4 program cycle, the AIR program will offer two 
three-month multidisciplinary residencies to exceptional artists, 
which will take place from October - January and June - August. A 
selection committee of peers and experts chooses artists from an open 
call for applications.

Residents receive 24/7 studio access, an honorarium, access to 
cutting-edge tools, expert technical support from Eyebeam staff, 
production help from apprentices and the option to show work at 
Eyebeam. Depending on the project, AIR work can be presented as 
gallery installations, demonstrations of research in progress, panel 
discussions, on-line projects, public workshops, or multimedia 
performances.

Artists also have access to industry professionals and specialized 
tools normally only available to scientific research or high budget 
commercial projects. Eyebeam maintains two facilities: an exhibition 
gallery, education classroom and studio space in New York City's 
Chelsea neighborhood, and the Moving Image Division studio and 
administrative offices in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Artists are encouraged to 
use the variety of configurations of equipment, work space, 
collaboration, and public engagement offered at these two locations.

Some of the most exciting applications of technological tools lie in 
their integration with the contemporary artistic process. The AIR 
program will merge the respective energies of audio visual post 
production, emerging fields and education, in order to facilitate 
knowledge-sharing and make collaboration and invention the paramount 
goal.

Apply now, applications due September 15th 2003.